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Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #105 on: March 01, 2020, 07:54:20 am »
That's crazy.  No wonder markets are way down.

Business has effectively stopped in China as I understand.  The economic hit will be a major part of this.

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« Reply #106 on: March 01, 2020, 07:56:16 am »
https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/coronavirus-silent-spread-actually-good-sign.html

Slate sees the Washington case as possibly a hopeful sign.  If true, then the virus would be far less infectious than though.  The author is an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.  But note he is not an epidemiologist.

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« Reply #107 on: March 01, 2020, 10:23:43 am »
Are we all dead yet?

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« Reply #108 on: March 01, 2020, 10:27:38 am »
Are we all dead yet?
From the December 20, 1918 New York Times (link). 7,002 Influenza Cases In a Week. Boston, December 14 (1918).-
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The present outbreak of influenza in Massachusetts is only one-seventh as severe as the previous one, three months ago, according to figures given out today by the State Department of Health. For the present week 7,002 new cases were reported In the State with 99 deaths.

Maybe a bit of hysteria today?
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« Reply #109 on: March 01, 2020, 11:54:08 am »
From the December 20, 1918 New York Times (link). 7,002 Influenza Cases In a Week. Boston, December 14 (1918).-
Maybe a bit of hysteria today?

The time to be concerned and proactive is now, these things can get away in a hurry. That isn't hysteria, it is prudence. If one person infects ten others, one becomes ten becomes 100, becomes 1000 becomes 10,000, becomes 100,000 etc, etc.
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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #110 on: March 01, 2020, 12:25:12 pm »
The time to be concerned and proactive is now, these things can get away in a hurry. That isn't hysteria, it is prudence. If one person infects ten others, one becomes ten becomes 100, becomes 1000 becomes 10,000, becomes 100,000 etc, etc.

1 million becomes 100 trillion people infected.
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« Reply #111 on: March 01, 2020, 12:50:55 pm »
I'm all for being proactive and ready.  Even though this is more serious than it was, there's still way too much panic.

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« Reply #112 on: March 01, 2020, 02:24:21 pm »
I'm all for being proactive and ready.  Even though this is more serious than it was, there's still way too much panic.

Ready for what, when it gets away?

Some of the public will always panic but they won't determine where this goes.
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« Reply #113 on: March 01, 2020, 03:55:04 pm »
Donald Trump claims the Corona virus may be just a "hoax", Rush Limpdick claims "it's just a cold", Sean Hannity of course agrees, Don Trump junior says "the democrats want millions of people to die in the US from the virus so they can blame daddy and get him out of office", and who backs him up?, why non other than the equally stupid Vice President of course. WTF next?   

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« Reply #114 on: March 01, 2020, 04:25:44 pm »
Ready for what, when it gets away?

Some of the public will always panic but they won't determine where this goes.

The panic will be worse than the virus if the virus gets away on us, so yes they will.  Empty store shelves because of hoarding won't exactly be fun, it has already started parts of Italy and some Costco's in the USA near big Asian populations.

We're talking about a potentially very serious situation.  Runs on the banks as people look to take out cash, runs at gas stations, and of course runs on the stock market as we've already seen a bit.

People or cities quarantined (self or gov enforced) is almost as serious as the virus itself.  If people aren't going to work and supply chains are disrupted that's not good.  We're still getting our crap made in China so that's good so far LOL.
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« Reply #115 on: March 01, 2020, 04:47:20 pm »
The panic will be worse than the virus if the virus gets away on us, so yes they will.  Empty store shelves because of hoarding won't exactly be fun, it has already started parts of Italy and some Costco's in the USA near big Asian populations.

We're talking about a potentially very serious situation.  Runs on the banks as people look to take out cash, runs at gas stations, and of course runs on the stock market as we've already seen a bit.

People or cities quarantined (self or gov enforced) is almost as serious as the virus itself.  If people aren't going to work and supply chains are disrupted that's not good.  We're still getting our crap made in China so that's good so far LOL.

Actually we're not still getting our "crap" from China, ask Microsoft for instance among others. Broken supply chains are what is causing the stock market drops, but on the plus side, current sat. photos show a significant reduction in air pollution over China as people stay home from work.

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« Reply #116 on: March 03, 2020, 03:14:33 pm »
I have to go out and do some shopping today and I'm hearing the price of toilet paper is skyrocketing as everyone prepares for Covid-19. Had I seen this coming I would have invested heavily in Proctor and Gamble. Oh well, too late, and I don't give a crap anyway.  :)
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« Reply #117 on: March 06, 2020, 11:42:41 pm »
Are we all dead yet?

I don't think anyone ever said we're all gonna die. 

You're making light of something that is potentially the pandemic of the century.  Maybe you're young and live in an unaffected area but many of us are worried about our communities.  Some have compromised immune systems.  I know I'm worried about my parents more than anything. 

China doesn't bring their economy to a halt and build hospitals in a week over a flu.  It's 35 times more fatal than the flu and much more contagious. 

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« Reply #118 on: March 07, 2020, 12:03:57 am »
Ready for what, when it gets away?

Some of the public will always panic but they won't determine where this goes.

Vancouver has officially had its first community transmission.  Someone who had not been in contact with a known infected person and who had not traveled anywhere.

It'll continue to get bad here just like it has in Europe, Iran, South Korea and Japan.

It wasn't a matter of if, it was when, and this is it. 

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« Reply #119 on: March 07, 2020, 05:11:29 am »
I think that I am going to get this at some point.
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